How to Cook a Perfect Steak

A step-by-step guide from a pioneer in a
booming category: the star-chef steakhouse

By

Shivani Vora

Updated Feb. 24, 2007 11:59 p.m. ET

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THE CHEF: Laurent Tourondel, executive chef and partner of the fast growing BLT (Bistro Laurent Tourondel) empire. After working in classic French restaurants like the Michelin three-star Troisgros in Roanne, France, and Cello in New York, he decided to open BLT Steak in New York, his take on an American steakhouse, with more ambitious appetizers and desserts, no tablecloths and a...